Anglicare NSW South NSW West and ACT will launch a new youth wellness program for Year 7 to Year 12 students in the Batlow region in school term 3. The program, called Starting FRESH, promotes physical and emotional wellness through gym and exercise training, along with life skills and wellbeing sessions. Anglicare’s Bushfire Recovery…
The Federal Government’s Safer Places Grant has enabled Anglicare to acquire six new houses in Goulburn for emergency and transitional housing. “The Anglicare team are incredibly grateful for this additional support. Having safe and secure places for families to rebuild their lives and recover from trauma is so important and organisations like Anglicare need…
“I was enduring domestic violence every day and I didn’t know how to go on. I’d had enough of my life.” This is how Beryl describes her life before she contacted Anglicare for help. Several Christmases were spent alone watching families in the nearby units receiving visitors and celebrating. But Beryl and her young…
New statistics revealed in Anglicare’s annual national rental affordability snapshot show a catastrophic housing outlook for vulnerable people relying on government supports as Canberra’s rental crisis worsens. CEO of Anglicare NSW South & ACT, Jeremy Halcrow, said the results are devastating but not surprising with the ACT having been in housing crisis for a…
Anglicare NSW South, NSW West and ACT are investigating options for acquiring the Roy Wotton Gardens property at Nullica Close in Eden to become affordable accommodation for seniors, retired veterans and for people living with a disability. John Vilskersts, Anglicare’s General Manager for Seniors Living, said that the property has the potential to meet…
Cassandra is a young mother from Orange who was able to find secure, affordable housing for herself and her daughter with help from Anglicare’s Survive and Thrive team. “I was really stressed and anxious. I ended up staying in a motel for four nights because we had to move out of our old rental…
Anglicare’s Junction Youth Health service team has announced the relaunch of their Social Groups, which provide connection, creativity and practical support for young people aged between 12 and 25 years of age. The groups, which are free and include a Thursday art session and Friday hangouts and job-seeking support, began operating in February last…
Anglicare is stepping up its existing emergency relief support for vulnerable people in Moruya and surrounding areas, particularly for those living in tents or caravans who are most at risk of effects caused by recent heavy rain and flooding. The organisation is grateful for recent donations of goods and vouchers from Bunnings Batemans Bay,…
Families in Batlow, the Snowy Valleys and NSW South Coast regions will benefit from a boost in bushfire recovery support following an announcement this week that local aid agency Anglicare (NSW South, NSW West & ACT) has received a $1.6 million National Recovery and Resilience Agency (NRRA) grant. The funding will supplement a NSW…
In 2021, Anglicare opened an emergency relief hub in Bathurst in partnership with the local Anglican Church where the service is based – and already the hub is experiencing an influx of people needing assistance. Every week volunteers from the church and community are on board to assist, and include people from a wide range…
